Combined hot and cold water faucet.



J. B. PERRY.

COMBINED HOT ANDCOLD WATER FAUCET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30. 1915.

9 Patented Dec. 12,1916.

JASPER BL PERRY, 01F NEWBERRY," PENNSYTJVAN'IA.

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Application filed March-30, 1915. Seria1 No..18,16 5.

Tocllwhom it may concern:

Be it, known thatv I, J ASPER. B. PERRY, a.

citizen of the United States, residing at.

Newberry,,in the county. of Lycomi'ng state of Pennsylvania, have invented certain, new and useful Improvements in Combined. Hot and Cold. Water Faucets; and. I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and. exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in. the-art" to which it appertains to make'and usethe same.

This invention relates. to improvements in. faucets.

One object of the: invention isto. provide a faucet. having one outlet passage and signal. valve through which both hot and cold water can be drawn.

Another object is to provide: a valve for the faucet and novel means for holding the valve tightly against its seat- 1 Other ob'ects and advantages will be ap parent. from. thefollowing description. whenv taken in connection with the accompanying. drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side eleva' tion of a faucet made in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a top plan view, Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the device taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, Fig. 41 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line l-4 of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through the device showing the valve moved for discharge of water from one of the passages.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, there is shown a casing 10 which includes the bottom wall 11 and the downwardly and inwardly inclined circular side wall 12, a removable cover 10 being screwed onto the top of the casing. In the cover 10 is a central opening 13 around which is formed a multi-faced flange for engagement by a wrench, whereby the cover may be quickly and easily removed. In the lower wall 11 is an opening 14 in alinement with the opening 13 and constituting therewith suitable bearings in which is rotatably mounted an inverted truncated cone-shaped valve 17. The valve 17 is provided with a central vertical bore 16 square in crosssection and receiving therethrough a similarly formed valve stem 15 projecting from opposite sides of the casing. Formed transversely through the valve 17 in the same plane, and eurving eround the center of the valveis a passage 18, the ends of'which are flared, ,as shown. Entering one side ofthe casing are twopipes 20 and 21 respectively, for hot. and coldv waterwhile the pipe 22' leads from the diametrically opposite side of the, casing and; carries a downwardly projecting faucet, nozzle 23. The passage 18 is so disposed that when the valve 17 is rotated a, certain distance in one. direction the passage will establish communication between the pipe 21 and the pipe22j while when. the valve is rotated a certain distance in the opposite, direction, the passage will establish communicationbetween the pipes 20 and" 22.

lVhen in neutral or closed position, the rear end of the passage 18 will be blanked against each side of'the casing. In the forward portion of the casing, below the outlet opening into which the. pipe 22. is secured is a lug 2a which fits in a cutaway portion 25. in the lower; side. of the. valve. This cutaway portion is of such length that one end of said portion will strike one end of the lug when the passage 18 is discharging water and the other end strike the other end of the lug when the passage 18 is discharging water. The portion of the stem 16 above the valve is round in cross-section to rotate freely in the casing, and carries at its end a handle by which the valve is actuated. This round portion of the stem provides at its lower end a shoulder 26 engaging the valve and serving in conjunction with certain mechanism, to be subsequently described, to hold the valve tightly to its seat. Mounted on the bottom of the casing is a cuplike structure 27 in opposite sides of which are formed the recesses 28. Carried slidably by the stem below this member 27 and adapted for rotation therewith is a ring 29 which has diametrically opposite and outwardly extending arms 30 on the ends of which are mounted rollers 31, these rollers being arranged to ride on the lower edge of the member 27 when the stem is turned. Below the ring is a coil spring 82 and confining this spring on the stem against the ring is a cap nut 33. The normal tendency of the spring 32 is to move the ring and stem rela tively to each other whereby to force the ring against the lower edge of the cup members and at the same time move the valve 17 downwardly in the casing and snugly seat the same against the inclined wall 12 of the casing. This transmission of movement ice from the stem to the valve is eifected by the shoulder 26, above described, which bears against the upper face of the valve.

By means of the lug 24 the rotation of the valve is limited in both directions of its movement, thecutaway portion of the .valve being of such length that the valve will stop in its rotation in either direction when one or the other of the passages 18 or 19 is in register with its inlet pipe and the outlet 1pc. p A pair of soap dishes'34 are disposed below the front of the valve casing, to each side of the faucet and suitably secured in any desired manner to the casing.

In each of the nipples of the casing, into which are screwed the pipes 20 and 21 there is formed a groove or recess 37 In each recess is disposed a coil spring 38 and a washer 39, the latter being pressed against the face of the valve 17 by theformer;

What is claimed is:

1. A faucet comprising a casing and a rotary valve therein, a stem disposed through the valve and extending below the casing, a cup member mounted on the casing and receiving the stem therethrough, said cup member having diametrically disposed recesses, a member mounted on the stem bec the rollers into frictional engagement with the cup.

2. A faucet comprising a casing, a rotary valve in the casing, a stem disposed through the valve and extending from opposite sides of the casing, a shoulder on the stem engaging said valve, a cup member mounted on the casing and surrounding the stem, said cup having diametrically disposed recesses therein, a member slidably and non-rotatably mounted on the stem and provided with rollers adapted to seat within the recesses, a washer arranged on the stem below the cup, and a spring encircling the stem between the washer and said slidable member whereby to yieldably maintain the rollers in frictional engagement with the cup member and hold the valve snugly seated in the casing.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

JASPER B. PERRY.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. MATTER, MINA S. AMEs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 01' Patents,

Washington, D. (2. 

